{"id":12986,"date":"2019-06-03T20:16:20","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T20:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=12986"},"modified":"2019-06-03T20:16:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T20:16:22","slug":"faa-extends-comment-period-on-rulemaking-to-streamline-commercial-space-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/faa-extends-comment-period-on-rulemaking-to-streamline-commercial-space-activities\/%20","title":{"rendered":"FAA Extends Comment Period on Rulemaking to Streamline Commercial Space Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is extending the public comment period for 45 days to July 30 for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2019\/04\/15\/2019-05972\/streamlined-launch-and-reentry-licensing-requirements\">proposed rule<\/a> that would streamline federal commercial space transportation requirements for launch and reentry operators and maintain safety during launches and reentries. The proposed rule follows the National Space Council\u2019s 2018 &#8216;Space Policy Directive 2&#8217;, which called on the Secretary of Transportation to review and revise the Department\u2019s commercial space launch and re-entry licensing regulations. It will expand access to the economic, scientific, and educational benefits of traveling to space. It will also support U.S. industry efforts to expand commercial services to a variety of domestic and international markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on\nApril 15, and the original comment period was scheduled to close on June 14.\nDue to the rule\u2019s breadth, significant impact, length and complexity, more than\n50 commenters requested that the FAA extend the comment period. This extension\naddresses those comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposed rule advances proposals by the Streamlined\nLaunch and Reentry Licensing Requirements Aviation Rulemaking Committee, which\nis made up of commercial space and aviation leaders from government and\nindustry. Formed by the FAA over one year ago, the Committee discussed and put\nforward proposals and recommendations to the agency. The proposed rule is a\nresult of that effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The extension notice is in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2019\/05\/31\/2019-11286\/streamlined-launch-and-reentry-licensing-requirements-extension-of-comment-period\">Federal Register<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is extending the public comment period for 45 days to July 30 for a proposed rule that would streamline federal commercial space transportation requirements for launch and reentry operators and maintain safety during launches and reentries. The proposed rule follows the National Space Council\u2019s 2018 &#8216;Space Policy Directive 2&#8217;, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SpaceX-photo.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12988,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12986\/revisions\/12988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}